Tim Paine’s brother-in-law Shannon Tubb risks losing his job after allegedly sexting same woman

Shannon Tubb’s cricket coach role at a prestigious private school is under review after it was revealed he allegedly sent lewd texts to the same woman at the centre of the Tim Paine scandal.

Tim Paine’s brother-in-law is now at risk of losing his job as coach at a prestigious private school after details of his alleged lewd text messages were revealed.

Adelaide’s Prince Alfred College launched a review of Shannon Tubb’s employment on Monday following “confronting” reports in the Herald Sun.

It was revealed that Mr Tubb had sent an allegedly “unsolicited” dick pic and lewd messages and Snapchats to the same former Cricket Tasmania employee that Paine had sent sexts to.

Paine quit as Test captain on Friday after his lewd messages were revealed by the Herald Sun.

He apologised to his wife, his family, teammates and cricket fans in a tearful press conference.

Mr Tubb, who is married to Paine’s sister, lost his job at Cricket Tasmania in the wake of an investigation in mid 2018 into text messages he had sent the same woman.

He then moved to Adelaide where he had previously played state cricket as a left arm spinner.

Mr Tubb took on the job as coach of Prince Alfred’s First XI in 2019.

But headmaster Bradley Fenner told the Herald Sun on Monday that it was now under review.

Shannon Tubb went on to coach at an elite Adelaide private school after leaving Cricket Tasmania.

Mr Tubb during a cricket match.

“We are now reviewing his position in light of this,” he said.

“We will consider what we do and we will look through this thoroughly and look at what has occurred.”

Mr Fenner was unable to provide a timeline on how long the review would take.

“We’re very disappointed, I’ve got to know Shannon well over the last couple of years. It was quite confronting,” he said.

Mr Tubb did not disclose the circumstances of his departure from Cricket Tasmania when applying for the job at Prince Alfred College, Mr Fenner said.

He had been coaching junior teams with the South Australian Cricket Association when he applied for the Prince Alfred job.

The school did its “due diligence”, including Working With Children Checks and a criminal record check.

Mr Fenner said the first he knew of the allegations was when contacted by the Herald Sun yesterday and then later reading the details in the newspaper’s reports.

He said Mr Tubb had been thoroughly vetted but the allegations had not been divulged.

“He was highly regarded,” Mr Fenner said of his reference checks.

Cricket Australia has faced serious questions about its handling of the matter, after finding Paine did not breach “any code of conduct”.

Cricket Tasmania forced Mr Tubb to resign when it was presented with details of messages he sent to the woman, who has since left the organisation and is facing ongoing criminal charges.

Tim Paine stepped down as Australian men's Test Cricket Captain on Friday. Picture: Chris Kidd

ALLEGED TEXT MESSAGES REVEALED

The woman was employed in a junior position at Cricket Tasmania when both alleged text exchanges occurred.

In documents seen by the Herald Sun, the woman, who has since left Cricket Tasmania, claimed Mr Tubb sexually harassed her over a period of several months. It was claimed Mr Tubb ­allegedly wrote messages to the woman, including: “I want to put my c--- in between your ­t---.”

He also allegedly wrote: “You made me hard today, I know you noticed.” Another message said: “Send me something, I want to play with myself.”

“F--- your t--- look massive today,” it was claimed Mr Tubb also wrote in a message posted on Snapchat.

And he allegedly encouraged the female employee to use Snapchat, a phone application that was “used by many Cricket Tasmania employees”.

“Get on snap ya Mole,” he allegedly wrote.

Snapchat allows users to send and receive photographs, videos and messages, with the content disappearing after the receiver has opened it.

However, the messages, or “snaps”, can be kept if the ­recipient takes a screenshot.

It was understood the woman first reported alleged sexual harassment from Mr Tubb to her manager in mid-2017.

But Mr Tubb was claimed to have continued contacting the woman through Snapchat even after that complaint.

Shannon Tubb is married to Tim Paine’s sister. Picture: Facebook.

Mr Tubb allegedly sent her an “unwelcome and unsolicited … picture of his penis” in late 2017 on Snapchat.

The woman, whom the Herald Sun has chosen not to name, quit her role in late 2017 amid unrelated allegations against her that led to criminal charges which are still before the courts.

When asked about the sexting and alleged harassment on Sunday, Mr Tubb – who is married to Paine’s sister – replied: “There’s no comment on that at all mate, I’m sorry”.

When pressed on whether he was forced to resign because he sent the messages while a coach at Cricket Tasmania, Mr Tubb said: “There’s no comment, mate, on anything”.

Questioned about how he felt about Paine’s resignation on Friday, Mr Tubb replied: “I’m sorry, no comment at all, so I’m going to hang up now”.

The Herald Sun initially sent questions to Cricket Tasmania on Thursday regarding Mr Tubb’s exchanges but it did not respond. Further questions were sent on Sunday morning.

In a written statement, a spokesman replied: “Cricket Tasmania won’t be responding to any of your questions above”.

Cricket Tasmania ignored questions regarding whether it had a cultural problem with the treatment of women.

Asked whether Cricket Australia had been told about the investigation into Mr Tubb and its outcome, a CA spokesman said: “The information was included as part of Cricket Australia’s integrity investigation. These were separate investigations by Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania”.

Tim Paine with his wife, Bonnie.

HOW SEXTING SCANDAL UNFOLDED

Paine sensationally resigned as Australia’s Test captain less than an hour after the Herald Sun revealed he had sent a dick pic and a string of lewd messages to the woman during two exchanges on November 22 and 23 in 2017.

Some of the most lewd texts were sent early on the morning of the first day of the Ashes Test at the Gabba – Paine’s first game for Australia in seven years. His wife, Bonnie, had recently given birth to their first child.

In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Herald Sun responding to the scandal, Paine said he was “really embarrassed” and there was “no excuse” for what he did.

Bonnie said she was upset by the messages but had sympathy for her husband.

Cricket Australia has faced serious questions about its handling of the Paine affair, including supporting his decision to resign on Friday while clearing him of any wrongdoing back in 2018.

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